AshPoust
@ashpoust.bsky.social
Paleontology, Anatomy, Evolutionary Medicine, Travel.
Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln
Grazing with the dinosaurs and dear old horses.
-What I'm about to show you may shock and educate you
Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln
Grazing with the dinosaurs and dear old horses.
-What I'm about to show you may shock and educate you
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Happy #FossilFriday! In October, UNSM doubled our holdings of an unusual extinct species, Dasypus bellus, which literally translates to “beautiful armadillo.”✨ It was about twice the size of the modern nine-banded armadillo. These specimens are from 12-25 thousand years ago.🦴
#fossils #paleontology
#fossils #paleontology
November 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Happy #FossilFriday! In October, UNSM doubled our holdings of an unusual extinct species, Dasypus bellus, which literally translates to “beautiful armadillo.”✨ It was about twice the size of the modern nine-banded armadillo. These specimens are from 12-25 thousand years ago.🦴
#fossils #paleontology
#fossils #paleontology
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For #FossilFriday: one of the very first fossils of the American mastodon ever discovered. This specimen was found at Big Bone Lick, KY, US, in 1739 by a French military expedition, then sent back to Paris for study. On display at the Galerie de Paléontologie et d’Anatomie comparée in Paris. 🧪
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
For #FossilFriday: one of the very first fossils of the American mastodon ever discovered. This specimen was found at Big Bone Lick, KY, US, in 1739 by a French military expedition, then sent back to Paris for study. On display at the Galerie de Paléontologie et d’Anatomie comparée in Paris. 🧪
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#fossilfriday a front leg and teeth of the hippo-like rhino Teleoceras. Found in the late Miocene dove spring formation, Kern County, California. On display at the Red Rock Canyon Visitor Center.
#redrockcanyonstatepark #kerncounty #california #prehistoriccalifornia #fossil #rhino #miocene
#redrockcanyonstatepark #kerncounty #california #prehistoriccalifornia #fossil #rhino #miocene
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
#fossilfriday a front leg and teeth of the hippo-like rhino Teleoceras. Found in the late Miocene dove spring formation, Kern County, California. On display at the Red Rock Canyon Visitor Center.
#redrockcanyonstatepark #kerncounty #california #prehistoriccalifornia #fossil #rhino #miocene
#redrockcanyonstatepark #kerncounty #california #prehistoriccalifornia #fossil #rhino #miocene
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Our little birdy made the cover of Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Amazing how a bird sank to the bottom of Fossil Lake 51 million years ago and ended up entombed in sediments that perfectly match the background color/texture of the journal.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Our little birdy made the cover of Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Amazing how a bird sank to the bottom of Fossil Lake 51 million years ago and ended up entombed in sediments that perfectly match the background color/texture of the journal.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Have learnt from Andrea Cau that French palaeontologist Philippe Taquet died yesterday, aged 85. Taquet published a substantial amount on north African and French #dinosaurs, including Ouranosaurus, spinosaurids, the dromaeosaurid Pyroraptor and much more.
November 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Have learnt from Andrea Cau that French palaeontologist Philippe Taquet died yesterday, aged 85. Taquet published a substantial amount on north African and French #dinosaurs, including Ouranosaurus, spinosaurids, the dromaeosaurid Pyroraptor and much more.
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
GO TEAM LEAST WEASEL!
November 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
GO TEAM LEAST WEASEL!
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Three very delicate bones cleaned in the past 2 days. SUPER RARE - 2 limb bones from a parrot-mimic oviraptorosaur, and the other is a neck bone from a flying pterosaur.
From US Public Lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management
From US Public Lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management
November 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Three very delicate bones cleaned in the past 2 days. SUPER RARE - 2 limb bones from a parrot-mimic oviraptorosaur, and the other is a neck bone from a flying pterosaur.
From US Public Lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management
From US Public Lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management
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Happy #FossilFriday and #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth!
Join us to explore fossils whose names honor Indigenous territories and peoples, highlighting the importance of place, language, and respect in scientific discovery.
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST
🔗 Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join us to explore fossils whose names honor Indigenous territories and peoples, highlighting the importance of place, language, and respect in scientific discovery.
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST
🔗 Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
November 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Happy #FossilFriday and #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth!
Join us to explore fossils whose names honor Indigenous territories and peoples, highlighting the importance of place, language, and respect in scientific discovery.
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST
🔗 Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
Join us to explore fossils whose names honor Indigenous territories and peoples, highlighting the importance of place, language, and respect in scientific discovery.
🕘 9 – 10 a.m. MST, 11 a.m. EST
🔗 Zoom: museumoftherockies.org/calendar/vir...
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Obviously it's sad when historic #taxidermy cracks, but it can show you how these specimens were converted from flat, treated skins to stand "alive" again. Here, the crack in this rhino at @nhmwien.bsky.social reveals an inner cage of willow beams. 🦏
![A cracked rhino taxidermy surrounded by other taxidermy specimens. The crack shows tightly arranged horizontal wooden branches. [NB the horns are fakes]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ngnzzzao6iyesvlveibvkasg/bafkreia6hh6skcqhftyxzb4hzehn7khaj5hefwvvak7n2ch3zorbqitxo4@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Obviously it's sad when historic #taxidermy cracks, but it can show you how these specimens were converted from flat, treated skins to stand "alive" again. Here, the crack in this rhino at @nhmwien.bsky.social reveals an inner cage of willow beams. 🦏
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Funds available for grads and postdocs to visit @burkemuseum.bsky.social collections! Applications due Dec. 15th. Please share!
November 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Funds available for grads and postdocs to visit @burkemuseum.bsky.social collections! Applications due Dec. 15th. Please share!
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it is righteous for paleontologists to proselytize to other biologists about the fossil record
this is a good and maybe even holy tradition for all invertebrate paleontologists attending a biology conference
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
it is righteous for paleontologists to proselytize to other biologists about the fossil record
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I picked up my poster for #2025SVP and it looks SO NICE 🥰 I'm very excited! Hope to see you there - my poster session is on the first day (Wednesday) so please stop by, though I know many of us will be distracted by catching up with old friends! 🐬🦖
November 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I picked up my poster for #2025SVP and it looks SO NICE 🥰 I'm very excited! Hope to see you there - my poster session is on the first day (Wednesday) so please stop by, though I know many of us will be distracted by catching up with old friends! 🐬🦖
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On the coast of Pliocene California, a Homotherium pounces upon a newborn Herpetocetus morrowi. These are Cetotheres, small baleen whales that thrived during the Miocene/Pliocene. For the sabertooth, such a tiny calf so close to shore is a rare treat. #paleoart #sciart #pliocene #california
November 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
On the coast of Pliocene California, a Homotherium pounces upon a newborn Herpetocetus morrowi. These are Cetotheres, small baleen whales that thrived during the Miocene/Pliocene. For the sabertooth, such a tiny calf so close to shore is a rare treat. #paleoart #sciart #pliocene #california
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The twin Chalone peaks in Pinnacles National Park, seen from across Monterey Bay, about sixty miles away.
November 4, 2025 at 4:55 AM
The twin Chalone peaks in Pinnacles National Park, seen from across Monterey Bay, about sixty miles away.
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Little and large.
I really like this display at @nhmwien.bsky.social showing the size difference between the biggest and smallest #mammals, with a single #whale vertebra alongside a tiny shrew.
I really like this display at @nhmwien.bsky.social showing the size difference between the biggest and smallest #mammals, with a single #whale vertebra alongside a tiny shrew.
November 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Little and large.
I really like this display at @nhmwien.bsky.social showing the size difference between the biggest and smallest #mammals, with a single #whale vertebra alongside a tiny shrew.
I really like this display at @nhmwien.bsky.social showing the size difference between the biggest and smallest #mammals, with a single #whale vertebra alongside a tiny shrew.
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Bittersweet to see our obituary of Mark Norell published in @currentbiology.bsky.social this week. Godspeed Mark, from Pete, Jim, and me--and the whole AMNH community.
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Bittersweet to see our obituary of Mark Norell published in @currentbiology.bsky.social this week. Godspeed Mark, from Pete, Jim, and me--and the whole AMNH community.
For all Dino friends and fans, there's never been a better time to check out @museumoftherockies.bsky.social
Happy #FossilFriday! The teeth of #Tyrannosaurus were a scary sight for all the #dinosaurs in the #Cretaceous #HellCreek ecosystem. Tyrannosaurus bite marks have been found on the bones of #Triceratops, #Edmontosaurus, and even other Tyrannosaurus!
November 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
For all Dino friends and fans, there's never been a better time to check out @museumoftherockies.bsky.social
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Happy #FossilFriday! The teeth of #Tyrannosaurus were a scary sight for all the #dinosaurs in the #Cretaceous #HellCreek ecosystem. Tyrannosaurus bite marks have been found on the bones of #Triceratops, #Edmontosaurus, and even other Tyrannosaurus!
October 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Happy #FossilFriday! The teeth of #Tyrannosaurus were a scary sight for all the #dinosaurs in the #Cretaceous #HellCreek ecosystem. Tyrannosaurus bite marks have been found on the bones of #Triceratops, #Edmontosaurus, and even other Tyrannosaurus!
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Nobody makes good fossil fish masks so this year I knocked out a Protosphyraena for myself!
A little cardboard and superglue goes a long way when paired with obsession
A little cardboard and superglue goes a long way when paired with obsession
October 31, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Nobody makes good fossil fish masks so this year I knocked out a Protosphyraena for myself!
A little cardboard and superglue goes a long way when paired with obsession
A little cardboard and superglue goes a long way when paired with obsession
Happy last day of Gomphtober!
Everyone's talking about nanotyrannus. But we have to wrap up #gomphtober2025 . Finishing things off is Eubelodon. On display at the University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln.
#fossilfriday #universityofnebraskastatemuseum #universityofnebraskalincoln #prehistoricnebraska #fossil #elephant
#fossilfriday #universityofnebraskastatemuseum #universityofnebraskalincoln #prehistoricnebraska #fossil #elephant
October 31, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Happy last day of Gomphtober!
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We'll close out this #FossilFriday with the obvious choice of Nanotyrannus. I couldn't share this CT scanning session at the time (June 2023) but can now. @jgn-paleo.bsky.social brought the holotype Cleveland skull he had on loan, and CMNH VP curator Caitlin Colleary & I joined in the fun!
October 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
We'll close out this #FossilFriday with the obvious choice of Nanotyrannus. I couldn't share this CT scanning session at the time (June 2023) but can now. @jgn-paleo.bsky.social brought the holotype Cleveland skull he had on loan, and CMNH VP curator Caitlin Colleary & I joined in the fun!